US4877970A - Process for measuring contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions - Google Patents

Process for measuring contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US4877970A
US4877970A US07/243,998 US24399888A US4877970A US 4877970 A US4877970 A US 4877970A US 24399888 A US24399888 A US 24399888A US 4877970 A US4877970 A US 4877970A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
article
turntable
cylindrical surface
surface portions
sub
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US07/243,998
Inventor
Masayasu Minamikawa
Yoshiaki Onabe
Masanao Ono
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
NGK Insulators Ltd
Original Assignee
NGK Insulators Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by NGK Insulators Ltd filed Critical NGK Insulators Ltd
Assigned to NGK INSULATORS, LTD. reassignment NGK INSULATORS, LTD. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Assignors: MINAMIKAWA, MASAYASU, ONO, MASANAO
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US4877970A publication Critical patent/US4877970A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
    • G01B11/00—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
    • G01B11/24—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures
    • G01B11/2433—Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures for measuring outlines by shadow casting

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an improvement of a process for measuring the contour configurations of articles which configurations are each defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, such as a honeycomb structural bodies which have an ununiform cylindrical outer surface and are used in purifiers for waste gases from automobiles.
  • honeycomb structural bodies to be used as catalyst carriers for the purification of waste gases from automobiles are conventionally of cylindrical shapes or of elliptically cylindrical shapes.
  • honeycomb structural bodies having ununiform cylindrical outer surfaces constituted by numerous different cylindrical surface portions as shown in FIG. 1 have recently come to be used. Since such honeycomb structural bodies need to accurately be set inside their casings, it is necessary to precisely measure the contour configurations thereof.
  • limit gauges having a size equal to an ideal contour configuration plus an allowable dimensional tolerance are generally used, and whether or not the contour configuration of the honeycomb structural bodies is good or to be rejected is judged based on whether they pass the limit gauge or not.
  • a contact type measuring process may damage surfaces of thin wall products, such as honeycomb structural bodies, this process is not favorable.
  • the apparatus for measuring the contour configuration of articles comprises a turntable 6 on which an article 5 to be measured is to be placed and which is rotated around a rotary shaft 8 by a motor 9 through a gear mechanism 10, a detector 11 for detecting the rotational angle of the turntable to produce a rotational angle signal, an edge detector including a parallel light-projecting member 12 for projecting parallel light beams onto the article, a parallel light-receiving member 13 for receiving a part of the parallel light which is not shielded or cut by the article to produce an edge position signal, a memory 16 for storing a standard edge position signal which corresponds to a standard article having a given contour configuration, and an operation circuit 15 for receiving the rotational angle signal.
  • the parallel light-projecting and -receiving members are arranged on opposite sides of the turntable.
  • the edge position signal and the standard edge position signal produce a signal which represents the deviation in the contour configuration of the article to be measured from the standard article.
  • Reference numerals 11 and 17 denote a rotary endode and an operation circuit 15, respectively.
  • the article is guided on the turntable by a guide plate 7.
  • this conventional apparatus is directed to cylindrical or elliptically cylindrical articles, the apparatus requires that the central point of the cylindrical or elliptically cylindrical surface constituting the outer periphery is present on an X-axis or a Y-axis.
  • this apparatus cannot unfavorably perform accurate measurement of articles having some of center points O 1 to O 7 deviated from the X-axis and the Y-axis as shown in FIG. 3. That is, according to the above prior art technique, a rotational angle of the turntable at which a curve of the parallel beam-interrupted location exhibits a peak is obtained when the turntable is rotated, and deviation in a set angle of the article on the turntable is corrected. As to the article having a shape shown in FIG. 1, the curve gently changes, so that the location of the peak cannot accurately be read.
  • parallel light beams are irradiated upon one side of an article which is placed on a turntable and is defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, and changes in a location L at which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the article is detected by a light-receiving member as a function L ( ⁇ ) in which ⁇ is a rotational angle of the turntable, while the article is being rotated.
  • L ( ⁇ )+L ( ⁇ +180°) is calculated, and deviations of the location and the angle of the article on the turntable are corrected by comparing the thus calculated values with those of an ideal contour configuration of the article.
  • a peak value and an angle ( ⁇ ) of the turntable exhibiting the peak value are not directly determined based on changes in the location L ( ⁇ ) at which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the side portion of the article placed on the turntable under rotation, but the peak value and the angle ( ⁇ ) are read based on sums of the light beaminterrupted location L ( ⁇ )+the light beam-interrupted location L ( ⁇ +180°) which is deviated from L by 180°, that is, a value of [L ( ⁇ )+L ( ⁇ +180°)]. Therefore, as shown in Examples mentioned later, a curve having a sharp peak can be obtained for the article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions shown in FIG. 3.
  • deviations in the location and the angle of the article relative to the turntable inevitably occurring when the former is placed onto the latter can accurately be detected and then corrected, thereby enabling extremely precise measurement of the contour configuration thereof.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a measuring principle according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a graph of L ( ⁇ ) measured
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating the contour configuration of an article by way of example
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are plan views illustrating variables representing the contour configuration of the article
  • FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the relationship between a twisted angle ⁇ and a deviation of a center (W, ⁇ w );
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a conventional apparatus.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 7.
  • center points of cylindrical surface portions are denoted by O 1 , O 2 , . . . , and O 7 , respectively, and a Y-axis is taken in a direction of the maximum length of the article, while an X-axis is taken in a direction orthogonal thereto.
  • FIG. 3 shows the article defined by the seven cylindrical surface portions, and the Y-axis is a straight line passing through O 3 and O 7 .
  • the present invention is mainly directed to articles having five or more center points as its objects to be measured.
  • an article 1 denoted by numerous cylindrical surface portions as mentioned above is set on a turntable 2, and parallel light beams such as laser light beams are irradiated upon one side portion of the article 1 from a light-projecting member 3 while the article is being rotated.
  • a width "e” in which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the side portion of the article is measured by a light-receiving member 4, and a sum of this width "e” and a preliminarily accurately measured distance R from the rotary center of the turntable 2 to a nearer side of a passage of the parallel light beams is taken as "L".
  • the L value gives a function L ( ⁇ ) in which ⁇ is a rotary angle of the turntable 2. If the article 1 has an ideal shape.
  • the data of L ( ⁇ ) are fed into a memory of a computer in which a value of L ( ⁇ )+L( ⁇ +180°) is obtained by adding a value of L( ⁇ +180°) to L( ⁇ ).
  • a curve having relatively sharp peaks as shown in FIG. 2 can be obtained.
  • the location and the angle of the article on the turntable are corrected based on this calculation value.
  • a deviation of the center of the article from that of the turntable is obtained by using polar co-ordinates (W, ⁇ w) as shown in FIG. 6.
  • values of (W, ⁇ w) exhibiting twisting angles ⁇ and deviations in the centers can accurately be determined by using the sum of L( ⁇ ) and L( ⁇ +180°). Therefore, inevitable occurrence of the deviations in the position and the angle when the article 1 is placed on the turntable 2 can precisely be corrected. Since the data of L( ⁇ ) which have been corrected in this way represent the contour configuration of the article in the standard state, how much the contour configuration of the article is deformed from the ideal one of the article can be determined by calculating difference between the ideal and actual contour configurations. When the deformed amount exceeds an acceptable value, the article is rejected as unacceptable.
  • the contour configuration of the article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions can be measured in a non-contact manner.
  • the process according to the present invention is suitable for the measurement of the contour configurations of articles having a small wall thickness, such as honeycomb structural bodies.
  • deviations in the center and the angle of the article relative to those of the turntable inevitably occur, but the peak value and the angle at that time can accurately be grasped and their deviations can be corrected based on calculation values of L( ⁇ )+L( ⁇ +180°) according to the present invention. Consequently, accurate measurement values can be obtained without being influenced by these deviations.
  • the present invention greatly contributes to industrial developments as a process for measuring the contours configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions while completely removing the problems possessed by the prior art.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices With Unspecified Measuring Means (AREA)
  • Image Analysis (AREA)

Abstract

A process for measuring the contour configuration of an article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, is disclosed, which process comprises placing the article on a turntable, irradiating parallel light beams upon one side portion of the article while rotating the turntable, detecting changes, as a function L(θ) by means of a light-receiving member, in locations L at which the parallel light beams are interrupted by the article, said θ denoting a rotational angle of the turntable, inputting data of L(θ) thus detected into a memory of a computer, calculating a value of L(θ)+L(θ180°), comparing the thus calculated value with that for an ideal contour configuration, and correcting deviations in a position and angle of the article. Thereby, a correct measured value is obtained.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an improvement of a process for measuring the contour configurations of articles which configurations are each defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, such as a honeycomb structural bodies which have an ununiform cylindrical outer surface and are used in purifiers for waste gases from automobiles.
(2) Related Art Statement
In general, honeycomb structural bodies to be used as catalyst carriers for the purification of waste gases from automobiles are conventionally of cylindrical shapes or of elliptically cylindrical shapes. However, honeycomb structural bodies having ununiform cylindrical outer surfaces constituted by numerous different cylindrical surface portions as shown in FIG. 1 have recently come to be used. Since such honeycomb structural bodies need to accurately be set inside their casings, it is necessary to precisely measure the contour configurations thereof.
In order to measure the contour configurations of these honeycomb structural bodies, limit gauges having a size equal to an ideal contour configuration plus an allowable dimensional tolerance are generally used, and whether or not the contour configuration of the honeycomb structural bodies is good or to be rejected is judged based on whether they pass the limit gauge or not. However, since such a contact type measuring process may damage surfaces of thin wall products, such as honeycomb structural bodies, this process is not favorable.
Under the circumstances, as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,285, DE No. 2,926,140C and GB No. 2,030,286B, NGK Insulators, Ltd. has already developed an apparatus for measuring the contour configuration of honeycomb structural bodies. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the apparatus for measuring the contour configuration of articles comprises a turntable 6 on which an article 5 to be measured is to be placed and which is rotated around a rotary shaft 8 by a motor 9 through a gear mechanism 10, a detector 11 for detecting the rotational angle of the turntable to produce a rotational angle signal, an edge detector including a parallel light-projecting member 12 for projecting parallel light beams onto the article, a parallel light-receiving member 13 for receiving a part of the parallel light which is not shielded or cut by the article to produce an edge position signal, a memory 16 for storing a standard edge position signal which corresponds to a standard article having a given contour configuration, and an operation circuit 15 for receiving the rotational angle signal. The parallel light-projecting and -receiving members are arranged on opposite sides of the turntable. The edge position signal and the standard edge position signal produce a signal which represents the deviation in the contour configuration of the article to be measured from the standard article. Reference numerals 11 and 17 denote a rotary endode and an operation circuit 15, respectively. The article is guided on the turntable by a guide plate 7. However, since this conventional apparatus is directed to cylindrical or elliptically cylindrical articles, the apparatus requires that the central point of the cylindrical or elliptically cylindrical surface constituting the outer periphery is present on an X-axis or a Y-axis. Therefore, this apparatus cannot unfavorably perform accurate measurement of articles having some of center points O1 to O7 deviated from the X-axis and the Y-axis as shown in FIG. 3. That is, according to the above prior art technique, a rotational angle of the turntable at which a curve of the parallel beam-interrupted location exhibits a peak is obtained when the turntable is rotated, and deviation in a set angle of the article on the turntable is corrected. As to the article having a shape shown in FIG. 1, the curve gently changes, so that the location of the peak cannot accurately be read.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to obviate the problems possessed by the above prior art, and the invention has been accomplished to provide a process for enabling accurate measurement of contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surfaces in which central points of the cylindrical surfaces are deviated from a X-axis and a Y-axis.
According to the process of the present invention, parallel light beams are irradiated upon one side of an article which is placed on a turntable and is defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, and changes in a location L at which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the article is detected by a light-receiving member as a function L (θ) in which θ is a rotational angle of the turntable, while the article is being rotated. The thus detected data are inputted in a memory of a computer in which L (θ)+L (θ+180°) is calculated, and deviations of the location and the angle of the article on the turntable are corrected by comparing the thus calculated values with those of an ideal contour configuration of the article. Thereby, correct measurement values of the contour configuration of the article can be obtained.
According to the present invention, a peak value and an angle (θ) of the turntable exhibiting the peak value are not directly determined based on changes in the location L (θ) at which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the side portion of the article placed on the turntable under rotation, but the peak value and the angle (θ) are read based on sums of the light beaminterrupted location L (θ)+the light beam-interrupted location L (θ+180°) which is deviated from L by 180°, that is, a value of [L (θ)+L (θ+180°)]. Therefore, as shown in Examples mentioned later, a curve having a sharp peak can be obtained for the article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions shown in FIG. 3. Thus, according to the present invention, deviations in the location and the angle of the article relative to the turntable inevitably occurring when the former is placed onto the latter can accurately be detected and then corrected, thereby enabling extremely precise measurement of the contour configuration thereof.
These and other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be appreciated upon reading of the invention when taken in conjunction with the attached drawings, with the understanding that some modifications, variations and changes of the same could be made by the skilled person in the art to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of claims appended hereto.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTACHED DRAWINGS
For a better understanding of the invention, reference is made of the attached drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a measuring principle according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a graph of L (θ) measured;
FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating the contour configuration of an article by way of example;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are plan views illustrating variables representing the contour configuration of the article;
FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating the relationship between a twisted angle φ and a deviation of a center (W, θw);
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a conventional apparatus; and
FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the apparatus shown in FIG. 7.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Now, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the attached drawings.
First, before entering the detailed explanation, variables for representing the contour configuration of the article shown in FIG. 3 will be defined.
As shown in FIG. 3, center points of cylindrical surface portions are denoted by O1, O2, . . . , and O7, respectively, and a Y-axis is taken in a direction of the maximum length of the article, while an X-axis is taken in a direction orthogonal thereto. FIG. 3 shows the article defined by the seven cylindrical surface portions, and the Y-axis is a straight line passing through O3 and O7. As a matter of course, it goes without saying that the number of center points and the directions of the Y-axis and the Y-axis vary depending upon articles in concern. However, since the contour configuration of articles in which the number of center points is 4 or less can be measured by the conventional technique at the same measuring accuracy as that in the present invention, the present invention is mainly directed to articles having five or more center points as its objects to be measured.
As shown in FIG. 4, assume that a distance between a center point ON and the origin O of the coordinate axes X and Y, and an angle of a segment O-ON clockwise measured starting from the X-axis are taken as YN and θN, respectively, while a radius of curvature of a cylindrical surface portion depicted around the center point ON, and a contact point between the cylindrical surface portion and that succeedingly adjacent thereto are taken as RN, and PN, respectively. Since the adjacent cylindrical surface portions smoothly continue to each other, as shown in FIG. 5, a point of inflection, PN is positioned on a straight line passing through the center point ON and a center point ON+1. This straight line is shifted in parallel to pass the origin of the co-ordinate axes X and Y, and an angle between the thus shifted straight line and the X-axis is denoted by an inflected angle θPN.
In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, an article 1 denoted by numerous cylindrical surface portions as mentioned above is set on a turntable 2, and parallel light beams such as laser light beams are irradiated upon one side portion of the article 1 from a light-projecting member 3 while the article is being rotated. A width "e" in which the parallel light beams are interrupted with the side portion of the article is measured by a light-receiving member 4, and a sum of this width "e" and a preliminarily accurately measured distance R from the rotary center of the turntable 2 to a nearer side of a passage of the parallel light beams is taken as "L". The L value gives a function L (θ) in which θ is a rotary angle of the turntable 2. If the article 1 has an ideal shape.
L(θ)=R.sub.N +Y.sub.N ·Cos (θ.sub.N -θ)
Since the value of N varies every time when θ exceeds the above-mentioned angle of inflection, θPN, values of RN, YN and θN vary as follows:
when O≦θ≦θ.sub.P1, L(θ)=R.sub.1 +Y.sub.1 ·Cos (θ.sub.1 -θ), and
when θ.sub.P1 <θ≦θ.sub.P2, L(θ)=R.sub.2 +Y.sub.2 ·Cos(θ.sub.2 -θ).
Values of L (θ) obtained in the above calculations are shown by a thick line over a range of 0°≦θ360° in FIG. 2.
However, when the counter configuration of the article is actually measured, it is inevitable that the center O' of the article shifts from the center O of the turntable as shown in FIG. 6, and the coordinate is twisted by an angle φ. For this reason, values of L (θ) actually measured vary as shown by a thin line in FIG. 2. Accordingly, deviations in the center point and the angle are corrected by using a peak value of L (θ) and a value of θ at that time. The curve of L (θ) in the case of such an article is relatively gentle as in FIG. 2, so that it is difficult to accurately read the value of θ exhibiting the peak.
In the present invention, in order to obviate such a drawback, the data of L (θ) are fed into a memory of a computer in which a value of L (θ)+L(θ+180°) is obtained by adding a value of L(θ+180°) to L(θ). As a result, a curve having relatively sharp peaks as shown in FIG. 2 can be obtained. Thus, the location and the angle of the article on the turntable are corrected based on this calculation value.
In order to obtain the twisted angle (φ), a first regression equation y1 and a second regression equation y2 are determined from data of L(θ) near θ=90° and θ=270°, for instance, at thirteen points every 1° in a range of 13° therearound, respectively.
y.sub.1 (θ)=a.sub.1 θ.sup.2 +b.sub.1 θ+c.sub.1
y.sub.2 (θ)=a.sub.2 θ.sup.2 +b.sub.2 θ+c.sub.2
Then, Y(θ)=y1 (θ)+y2 (θ+180°) is obtained by the above-mentioned addition, and differentiated by θ to obtain dY(θ)/dθ=d{y1 (θ)+y2 (θ+180°)}/dθ. Then, a value of θ when dY(θ)/dθ=0, i.e., θmax, is obtained, and a twisted angle φ is obtained by φ=θmax-90°.
Next, a deviation of the center of the article from that of the turntable is obtained by using polar co-ordinates (W, θw) as shown in FIG. 6. For this purpose, as in the determination of the twisted angle φ, third and fourth regression equations y3 and y4 are determined based on data near θ=90° and θ=270°, for instance at thirteen points every 1° in a range of 13° therearound, respectively.
y.sub.3 (θ)=a.sub.3 θ.sup.2 +b.sub.3 θ+C.sub.3
Y.sub.4 (θ)=a.sub.4 θ.sup.2 +b.sub.4 θ+C.sub.4
Next, based on these regression equations and differences in L(θ) between the actual contour configuration and the idea contour configuration of the article at θ=0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°, values of a and b are determined as follows:
a=[{y.sub.2 (180°-θ)-L(180°)}-{y.sub.1 (θmax)-L(90°)}]/2
b =[{y.sub.4 (270°-θ)-L(270°)}-{Y.sub.3 (90°-θ)-L(90°)}]/2
The values of a and b are subjected to coordinate transformation by the following respective equations.
a=-(a cos φ+b sin φ)
b=-(b cos φ-a sin φ)
By using the thus obtained values of a and b, polar co-ordinates (W, θw) exhibiting deviations of the center of the article can accurately be determined as follows:
W=(a.sup.2 +b.sup.2).sup.1/2
θw=nπ±sin.sup.-1 (b/Y)
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, values of (W, θw) exhibiting twisting angles θ and deviations in the centers can accurately be determined by using the sum of L(θ) and L(θ+180°). Therefore, inevitable occurrence of the deviations in the position and the angle when the article 1 is placed on the turntable 2 can precisely be corrected. Since the data of L(θ) which have been corrected in this way represent the contour configuration of the article in the standard state, how much the contour configuration of the article is deformed from the ideal one of the article can be determined by calculating difference between the ideal and actual contour configurations. When the deformed amount exceeds an acceptable value, the article is rejected as unacceptable.
As is clear from the above-mentioned explanation, according to the present invention, the contour configuration of the article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions can be measured in a non-contact manner. Thus, the process according to the present invention is suitable for the measurement of the contour configurations of articles having a small wall thickness, such as honeycomb structural bodies. Further, in such a measurement, deviations in the center and the angle of the article relative to those of the turntable inevitably occur, but the peak value and the angle at that time can accurately be grasped and their deviations can be corrected based on calculation values of L(θ)+L(θ+180°) according to the present invention. Consequently, accurate measurement values can be obtained without being influenced by these deviations. Therefore, according to the present invention, how much the article to be measured is deformed from the ideal contour configuration can be grasped with accuracy. Accordingly, the present invention greatly contributes to industrial developments as a process for measuring the contours configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions while completely removing the problems possessed by the prior art.

Claims (2)

What is claimed is:
1. A process for measuring the contour configuration of an article defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions, which process comprises placing the article on a turntable, irradiating parallel light beams upon one side portion of the article while rotating the turntable, detecting changes, as a function L(θ) by means of a light-receiving member, in locations L at which the parallel light beams are interrupted by the articles, said θ denoting a rotational angle of the turntable, inputting data of L(θ) thus detected into a memory of a computer, calculating a value of L(θ)+L(θ+180°), comparing the thus calculated value with that for an ideal contour configuration, and correcting deviations in a position and an angle of the article, whereby a correct measured value is obtained.
2. A measuring process accoridng to claim 1, wherein the article defined by the numerous cylindrical surface portions is a honeycomb structural body.
US07/243,998 1987-09-17 1988-09-13 Process for measuring contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions Expired - Lifetime US4877970A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP62-233574 1987-09-17
JP62233574A JPH0619251B2 (en) 1987-09-17 1987-09-17 External shape measuring method for articles composed of multiple cylindrical surfaces

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US4877970A true US4877970A (en) 1989-10-31

Family

ID=16957203

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US07/243,998 Expired - Lifetime US4877970A (en) 1987-09-17 1988-09-13 Process for measuring contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US4877970A (en)
JP (1) JPH0619251B2 (en)
BE (1) BE1003159A3 (en)
DE (1) DE3831566A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2620817B1 (en)

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5175601A (en) * 1991-10-15 1992-12-29 Electro-Optical Information Systems High-speed 3-D surface measurement surface inspection and reverse-CAD system
US5319445A (en) * 1992-09-08 1994-06-07 Fitts John M Hidden change distribution grating and use in 3D moire measurement sensors and CMM applications
US5636030A (en) * 1995-05-01 1997-06-03 Limbach; Douglas C. Optical method and apparatus for measuring surface topography of an object
US5805288A (en) * 1996-03-05 1998-09-08 Laserscore, Inc. Apparatus for detecting the presence and location of at least one object in a field
US5841662A (en) * 1996-07-31 1998-11-24 Coburn Optical Industries, Inc. Method and apparatus for chucked work piece recognition
US6147759A (en) * 1998-02-04 2000-11-14 Laserscore, Inc. System for detecting the presence and location of at least one object in a field by using a divergent radiation source and an array of opposed plural detectors which rotate together around the field
US6342705B1 (en) 1999-09-10 2002-01-29 Chapman Instruments System for locating and measuring an index mark on an edge of a wafer
US20030205684A1 (en) * 2001-01-17 2003-11-06 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic-welding apparatus, optical sensor and rotation sensor for the ultrasonic-welding apparatus
US20050025217A1 (en) * 2003-07-28 2005-02-03 Groeschner Donald L. Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof
US20140001683A1 (en) * 2012-06-27 2014-01-02 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Manufacturing method of ceramic honeycomb structure
US20140124970A1 (en) * 2010-05-12 2014-05-08 Corning Incorporated Laser scanning systems and methods for measuring extruded ceramic logs

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH07117386B2 (en) * 1989-05-17 1995-12-18 アンリツ株式会社 Curved shape measuring device
DE4316780A1 (en) * 1993-05-19 1994-11-24 Baljer & Zembrod System for measuring tree trunks (stems) in sawing operations
DE4401238C2 (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-10-26 Bmt Gmbh Method and device for measuring eccentric parts of a measuring object

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3566135A (en) * 1967-12-11 1971-02-23 Comp Generale Electricite Optical calibrating device for objects of different heights
US3907438A (en) * 1973-06-22 1975-09-23 Gen Electric Contour measuring system for cylinders
US4064534A (en) * 1976-04-20 1977-12-20 Leone International Sales Corporation System for monitoring the production of items which are initially difficult to physically inspect
US4122525A (en) * 1976-07-12 1978-10-24 Eaton-Leonard Corporation Method and apparatus for profile scanning
US4290285A (en) * 1977-12-17 1981-09-22 Elzett Mluvek Cylindrical lock with a magnetic body
US4298034A (en) * 1979-02-09 1981-11-03 Somet Societa Meccanica Tessile S.P.A. Weft presenting device for weaving looms

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3852579A (en) * 1973-03-23 1974-12-03 Sun Studs Method and apparatus for determining the surface configuration of elongate objects, particularly logs
FR2432158A1 (en) * 1978-07-28 1980-02-22 Sopelem Rotating disc profile measuring system - uses laser beams deflected by pentagonal prisms onto right angled prisms fixed rigidly to displacement levers
JPS5537919A (en) * 1978-09-11 1980-03-17 Ngk Insulators Ltd Automatic outer configuration measurement device
JPS56117107A (en) * 1980-02-20 1981-09-14 Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd Measuring method of profile
EP0039143B1 (en) * 1980-03-31 1985-09-18 Harmo Industries Limited Method and apparatus for determining the shape of objects
DE3214253C2 (en) * 1982-04-17 1994-06-09 Messwandler Bau Ag Method and device for measuring the center deviation of two axes
GB2138562B (en) * 1983-04-19 1986-08-06 Beta Instr Co Measurement of profiles of irregular objects
JPS61256211A (en) * 1985-05-08 1986-11-13 Honda Motor Co Ltd Identification for shape of object

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3566135A (en) * 1967-12-11 1971-02-23 Comp Generale Electricite Optical calibrating device for objects of different heights
US3907438A (en) * 1973-06-22 1975-09-23 Gen Electric Contour measuring system for cylinders
US4064534A (en) * 1976-04-20 1977-12-20 Leone International Sales Corporation System for monitoring the production of items which are initially difficult to physically inspect
US4122525A (en) * 1976-07-12 1978-10-24 Eaton-Leonard Corporation Method and apparatus for profile scanning
US4290285A (en) * 1977-12-17 1981-09-22 Elzett Mluvek Cylindrical lock with a magnetic body
US4298034A (en) * 1979-02-09 1981-11-03 Somet Societa Meccanica Tessile S.P.A. Weft presenting device for weaving looms

Cited By (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5175601A (en) * 1991-10-15 1992-12-29 Electro-Optical Information Systems High-speed 3-D surface measurement surface inspection and reverse-CAD system
US5319445A (en) * 1992-09-08 1994-06-07 Fitts John M Hidden change distribution grating and use in 3D moire measurement sensors and CMM applications
US5636030A (en) * 1995-05-01 1997-06-03 Limbach; Douglas C. Optical method and apparatus for measuring surface topography of an object
US5805288A (en) * 1996-03-05 1998-09-08 Laserscore, Inc. Apparatus for detecting the presence and location of at least one object in a field
US5841662A (en) * 1996-07-31 1998-11-24 Coburn Optical Industries, Inc. Method and apparatus for chucked work piece recognition
US6147759A (en) * 1998-02-04 2000-11-14 Laserscore, Inc. System for detecting the presence and location of at least one object in a field by using a divergent radiation source and an array of opposed plural detectors which rotate together around the field
US6342705B1 (en) 1999-09-10 2002-01-29 Chapman Instruments System for locating and measuring an index mark on an edge of a wafer
US20030205684A1 (en) * 2001-01-17 2003-11-06 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic-welding apparatus, optical sensor and rotation sensor for the ultrasonic-welding apparatus
US6891183B2 (en) * 2001-01-17 2005-05-10 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Ultrasonic-welding apparatus, optical sensor and rotation sensor for the ultrasonic-welding apparatus
US20050025217A1 (en) * 2003-07-28 2005-02-03 Groeschner Donald L. Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof
US20140124970A1 (en) * 2010-05-12 2014-05-08 Corning Incorporated Laser scanning systems and methods for measuring extruded ceramic logs
US9662825B2 (en) * 2010-05-12 2017-05-30 Corning Incorporated Laser scanning systems and methods for measuring extruded ceramic logs
US20140001683A1 (en) * 2012-06-27 2014-01-02 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Manufacturing method of ceramic honeycomb structure
US9205617B2 (en) * 2012-06-27 2015-12-08 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Manufacturing method of ceramic honeycomb structure

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE3831566A1 (en) 1989-05-11
FR2620817A1 (en) 1989-03-24
JPS6475904A (en) 1989-03-22
JPH0619251B2 (en) 1994-03-16
BE1003159A3 (en) 1991-12-17
FR2620817B1 (en) 1993-04-09
DE3831566C2 (en) 1993-06-03

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US4877970A (en) Process for measuring contour configurations of articles defined by numerous cylindrical surface portions
US4703443A (en) Device for measuring the shape of a three-dimensional object
US5088055A (en) Coordinate measuring apparatus having a stylus friction compensating means
US6549293B2 (en) Apparatus for process for measuring the thickness and out-of-roundness of elongate workpieces
US4982504A (en) Method for determining positional errors and for compensating for such errors, and apparatus for carrying out the method
US5026998A (en) Shaft alignment checking method
EP0126576A2 (en) Airfoil inspection method
JPS6238642B2 (en)
US4429464A (en) Roundness calibration standard
US5341574A (en) Coordinate measuring machine test standard apparatus and method
JP2003065749A (en) Assembly station and method for calibrating/setting of sensor in assembly station
US5649368A (en) Method for calibrating a coordinate measuring apparatus having two pivot axes
US5798836A (en) Optical distance measuring apparatus and method therefor
WO2001092828A2 (en) Measurement method to facilitate production of self-aligning laser gyroscope block
AU2001274884A1 (en) Measurement method to facilitate production of self-aligning laser gyroscope block
CN111536876A (en) In-situ measurement method for sealing surface of three-eccentric center butterfly valve
JPH0296609A (en) Inspecting method and machining method for v-shaped groove
JPS6320380B2 (en)
WO1993009462A1 (en) Method and apparatus for calibrating and improving linearity of system for scanning moving objects
US4355467A (en) Method and apparatus for checking parts of a constant velocity joint
WO2006023345A2 (en) System for rotation measurement with laser interferometry
JPH1062144A (en) Method and equipment for measuring shape of crankshaft
CN114800048A (en) Gear wheel on-machine measurement process radial runout detection method based on pitch measurement
JPS6130681B2 (en)
JPS5853843B2 (en) How to measure rotational accuracy of rotating shaft

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AS Assignment

Owner name: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., 2-56, SUDA-CHO, MIZUHO-KU, N

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNORS:MINAMIKAWA, MASAYASU;ONO, MASANAO;REEL/FRAME:004965/0926

Effective date: 19881019

Owner name: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., JAPAN

Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:MINAMIKAWA, MASAYASU;ONO, MASANAO;REEL/FRAME:004965/0926

Effective date: 19881019

STCF Information on status: patent grant

Free format text: PATENTED CASE

FEPP Fee payment procedure

Free format text: PAYOR NUMBER ASSIGNED (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: ASPN); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 4

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 8

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 12